Subject: Re: Republic v Democracy Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:57:09 -0500 To: Bob Armstrong From: Paul Jacob Yes, Citizens in Charge is spearate and distinct from Common= Sense, which is sponsored by US Term Limits. I'm a senior fellow at US Term= Limits and president of Citizens in Charge. CIC wiorks to expand the= initiative process, which I and a number of others are convinced is the best= way to spread term limits -- as well as other reforms. PJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Armstrong" To: "Paul Jacob" Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:56 AM Subject: Re: Republic v Democracy On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:12:55 -0500, Paul Jacob wrote: > Bob, > > We're on the same page. I work with the group Citizens in= Charge, which > protects the citizen initiative & referendum process where it= exists and > works to expand the process to new states. I'm a libertarian= and don't > believe in democracy above human rights. But I do believe any= legitimate > public issue should be settled by democratic means. I'd love to= put you on > our mailing list to receive updates. > > Is that OK? Is that distinct from the Common Sense email I receive ? > PJ > > P.S. I like your WTC design. Have they settled on a design for= a new > building yet? Thanks . It turned out that despite claims of openness they had= already closed the process to the 9 groups which received the initial= $40,000 grants even before I had the vision one night in August 2002 .= ALL of the main parties involved were aware of its existence before the= "official" decision date in January this year . The Port Authority wanted= me to sign away all intellectual property rights in it . No f'n way .= It's a product of some hard years down here , I figure it will be built in some younger more energetic= aspiring world capital . The patent's good for 18 years . -- Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Computing Environment : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban 2003/11/07 12:40:01 AM